This week, we heard that ex-Rolls-Royce engineering boss Philip Koehn has been named as the new Managing Director of Jaguar, following the departure of the CEO of Jaguar Land Rover last month.
New Managing Director of Jaguar has Rolls Royce credentials
Philip Koehn has been in a leading role at Jaguar for a little while now, so this move represents a promotion from within. He joined from Borgward, a German/Chinese brand now consigned to history, in 2019. His appointment to a senior role to focus purely on Jaguar, no doubt applying his significant prowess and experience that earned his reputation as an engineering genius at Rolls Royce, is a significant step towards the goal of Jaguar to become an all EV luxury brand within 3 years.
There is, as yet, no indication of who is to be named CEO of Jaguar Land Rover.
Phillip Koehn’s LinkedIn profile states that he is “inventing the future of Jaguar” from his office in Gaydon – giving us a clue to the depth of changes currently underway at the brand.
Jaguar currently builds everything but the iPace and E-Pace in the Midlands and have already committed to keeping its factories and engineering facilities open past the magic all-EV date of 2025.
Having Philip Koehn, who is someone who worked positively with a British luxury brand like Rolls Royce in a way that celebrated its heritage and Britishness whilst not shying away from progress might spell a bright future for Jaguar.
New Acting Chief Financial Officer
Meanwhile, more leadership changes have seen the appointment of Richard Molyneux as Acting Chief Financial Officer, with effect from 12 December 2022, covering all of JLR. Richard is a highly experienced finance professional who has worked at Jaguar Land Rover, as Finance Director, Operations, for over six years.
In his new role Richard will join the Jaguar Land Rover Executive Board, leading the business’s Finance team, following Adrian Mardell’s appointment as Interim Chief Executive Officer.
With a career in Finance in the automotive sector spanning 30 years, prior to joining Jaguar Land Rover Richard was Chief Financial Officer at McLaren Automotive Limited and held senior positions in Finance at General Motors (Europe).
